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Contemporary Israel - New Insights and Scholarship (Hardcover)
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Contemporary Israel - New Insights and Scholarship (Hardcover)
Series: Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century
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For a country smaller than Vermont, with roughly the same
population as Honduras, modern Israel receives a remarkable amount
of attention. For supporters, it is a unique bastion of democracy
in the Middle East, while detractors view it as a racist outpost of
Western colonialism. The romanticization of Israel became
particularly prominent in 1967, when its military prowess shocked a
Jewish world still reeling from the sense of powerlessness
dramatized by the Holocaust. That imagery has grown ever more
visible, with Israel's supporters idealizing its technological
achievements and its opponents attributing almost every problem in
the region, if not beyond, to its imperialistic aspirations. The
contradictions and competing views of modern Israel are the subject
of this book. There is much to consider about modern Israel besides
the Middle East conflict. Over the past generation, a substantial
body of scholarship has explored numerous aspects of the country,
including its approaches to citizenship and immigration, the arts,
the women's movement, religious fundamentalism, and language; but
much of that work has to date been confined within the walls of the
academy. This book does not seek not to resolve either the
country's internal debates or its struggle with the Arab world, but
to present a sample of contemporary scholars' discoveries and
discussions about modern Israel in an accessible way. In each of
the areas discussed, competing narratives grapple for prominence,
and it is these which are highlighted in this volume.
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